Guatemala: Fear for safety

6 May 1996, Index number: AMR 34/014/1996

Carlos Orellana, 54, radio journalist, director of Radio Victoria, Irma Lopez de Orellana (f), public ministry official, Carlos Alberto Orellana, aged 17, Juan Jose Orellana, aged 16: AI is concerned for the safety of the Orellana family after a bomb exploded in front of the family's house in Mazatenango causing only minor damages. The bombing occurred just two days after Carlos Orellana had interviewed a human rights activist and indigenous leader.